Union-Bulletin earned its shot at the title with a 4-2 win over Valley League champ Banner Bank, and Baker Boyer pulled out a 4-3 win over Tompkins Appliance in semifinal action at the Pacific League fields Monday.

Baker Boyer owns two regular season wins over U-B as the two teams square off for the third time with the title on the line.

"We're excited to be playing one more game," U-B manager Brian Richard said. "We're a good hitting ball club and pretty solid defensively. When we get pitching, we're pretty tough to beat. We lost to them (Baker Boyer) twice in good games. We didn't hit the ball at all. I think we will hit better."

"We're set up pretty good (pitching wise) come Wednesday," Baker Boyer manager Nathan Ferraro said. "They've been good battles (with Union-Bulletin). U-B is swinging the bat as well as they have all year. They're going to be a tough team to come back and beat on Wednesday."

Union-Bulletin 4,

Banner Bank 2

Scot Golden set the tone with a bunt single and motored to second on a Banner Bank overthrow to lead off the game for U-B. Josh Calzadillas delivered Golden with a single and U-B never trailed in winning 4-2.

"We continue to hit," Richard said. "The difference today was that we also got good pitching. Matt (Baumgart) was effective and held a really good team down."

Baumgart left with two outs in the fifth having allowed two fifth-inning runs and five hits, while striking out nine. Baumgart took a two-hit shutout to the Banner Bank fourth. Elliot Gegan walked, Jackson Clark lined his second of three hits, and Cole Clark drew a walk to load the bases with no outs.

Baumgart wiggled off the hook as second baseman Brian Jerald gobbled up Tristan Larkin's grounder and forced Gegan at the plate. Baumgart struck out the next two Banner Bank hitters, and U-B took a 3-0 lead to the fifth.

"Getting out of that without any runs was huge," Richard said. "That was the turning point in the game. It got a little scary in the sixth, but the kids made the plays when they had to."

Baumgart's third-inning single and an RBI-single from Jerald led to two U-B runs as U-B took the 3-0 lead to the fourth.

U-B tacked on an insurance run in the sixth as Golden delivered a liner up the middle, his fourth hit of the game, to plate the fourth U-B run.

The liner struck Banner Bank pitcher Turner Edwards in the head and bounced to center field, and the game stopped.

"He (Turner) was alert and aware of his surroundings," Richard, who was the first coach to reach the mound, said. "He had movement. It was just a scary, scary thing."

Banner Bank coach and Turner's dad, Larry Edwards, confirmed after the game that Turner was taken to the hospital and released with a mild concussion.

Banner overcame the emotion of the moment to threaten in its last at-bat. Larkins was hit by a pitch, and Owen Peterson ripped his third hit of the game to chase Larkins to third. Peterson stole second. With two outs, Banner had the tying run on, but Calzadillas, who relieved Baumgart, got a grounder to end the game and send U-B to the title game.

Banner Bank finished it season with one tourney win and the regular-season Valley League title.

Baker Boyer 4,

Tompkins Appliance 3

Taylor Hamada led off the Baker Boyer first with a single and came around to score on Austin Olson's groundout, but Tompkins answered in the home first.

Singles from Nico Romero and Logan Mullen set the stage for Garrett Elson's two-run base hit and Tompkins grabbed a 2-1 lead.

"We haven't been down much," Ferraro said. "The kids were a little tight early. Big game and a lot of these kids haven't been in this situation before. We made a few mistakes early, but battled back to win."

A three-run third-inning got Baker Boyer the lead. Austin Olson's two-run home run -- his second in as many games -- keyed the Baker Boyer rally.

Tompkins got one back in the home third. Reagan Bond drew a walk. Two errant pitches and an overthrow later, Bond scored to narrow the gap to 4-3.

Kobe Morris, who came on in relief in the second inning for Baker Boyer, blanked Tompkins, although Tompkins loaded the bases in the fourth but couldn't score, until Olson came on in the sixth.

Morris worked four innings and only gave up one hit, a Romero second-inning single. Morris struck out seven and issued six walks, but didn't allow Tompkins to take advantage.

"He (Morris) got the job done," Ferraro said. "He wasn't feeling well, but he battled through so we could come back and close with our big guy (Olson). They had a lot of base runners, but we're good defensively. That makes it easier to pitch."

Olson struck out the side in the sixth to send Baker Boyer to the title game.

"He (Olson) has been big all year," Ferraro said. "He's really popping the glove right now."

For Tompkins, Ryan Watilo pitched a complete game, scattering seven hits. He struck out five and did not walk anyone in taking the hard luck loss.

Tompkins finished its run from the third Pacific seed to the semifinal round with the loss.